LAHORE: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz on Friday were given a ‘clean chit’ a NAB witness in money laundering case.
NAB witness Tajamul Islam, the Silk Bank Manager Operations, told the Special Court (Central) Lahore that no element that depicted money laundering by Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza was detected. He presented bank accounts record of two companies before the court.
The NAB witness informed the court that Shehbaz Sharif and Hamza Shehbaz had nothing to do with the back accounts of Good Nature company and Unitas Steel Mills. The bank accounts of these two companies and of these two persons were not used for money laundering, he added.
He further said these bank accounts were also not used for FTT foreign telegraphic transfers.
Advocate Amajd, the counsel for Shehbaz Sharif, also cross-examined the NAB witness.
Hamza Shehbaz did not appear in the court and his application for exemption for appearance was accepted by the judge.
